About us

Peter has been a Parkestone Trustee since 2009 and was Chair in 2010, 2015 and from 2017 – 2026. Peter is currently writing a history of Parkestone which is scheduled to be published in May 2027.

After studies in Arts and Social Work in Melbourne, Peter was appointed as Social Worker at St Mark's Anglican Church Fitzroy in 1981, helping to establish St Mark's Community Centre, providing emergency assistance and a community lounge for financially disadvantaged and isolated people.

Peter then worked from 1984 to 1990 for the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne in a parish community development role; then from 1991 to 1997 for Ecumenical Housing through the Victorian Council of Churches.

During these years, Peter also completed a Bachelor of Theology in 1997, after which he moved to Adelaide to become the Manager of The Magdalene Centre, Adelaide.

Peter was an employee of AnglicareSA from 1998 to March 2023, working in various roles including Chaplaincy and Parish Community Development.

Peter retired in 2023 and lives in Clapham with his partner Ian. Peter is a co-facilitator of the Anglican Rainbow Network and occasionally does Community Development Consultancies.

Will is an out, proud gay man in his seventies. Now retired, his working life was varied and included accountancy, general and mental health nursing and industrial relations. He was an activist in the early 1970s Adelaide gay liberation movement and participated in the first Gay Pride Week and Proud Parade in 1973. He is also a 78er, having marched in the first Mardi Gras parade in 1978 while living in Sydney. Returning to Adelaide in the late 1980s Will has been involved in many rainbow cultural, artistic and political activities. He served as President of The AIDS Council of South Australia in the 1990s. His alter-ego, Dr Gertrude Glossip, has won acclaim for her Rainbow History Walks and is a published author. Will was named 2021 South Australian Historian of the Year for his contribution to queer Adelaide history.

Jenny is a trans woman who has been advocating for the LGBTIQA+ community since she transitioned in 1993. She has volunteered in numerous community advocacy roles and in 2017 her name was added to the South Australian Women’s Honour Roll for her work as a “passionate activist for the LGBTIQ community”.

Skye is the Chairperson of the Parkestone Foundation, having joined the board of Trustees in 2022 and previously served as Deputy Chair and Technology and Communications Manager before being elected Chair in 2026. She leads the Foundation's governance and strategy while overseeing the ongoing modernisation of its digital infrastructure, grant workflows, and security posture.

Professionally, Skye works as a Senior Information Security Engineer in Platforms and Identity at Adelaide University, specialising in identity architecture, automation, and threat intelligence. Her career across the higher education and enterprise sectors includes roles as a dedicated cyber threat hunter and endpoint security technologist at the University of South Australia, where she also taught undergraduate cybersecurity courses.

Alongside her technical career, Skye brings a strong background in community advocacy, having served as a community advisor for the Adelaide Primary Health Network (PHN). Outside of work, she is also a freelance portrait and event photographer operating as Skye Photographica.

Zac is an out and proud bi+, trans masculine person known for his advocacy, group work, and support roles. Professionally, Zac works in therapeutic and education roles with a strong focus on sexual health, LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing across the lifespan, kink and BDSM, neurodiversity, and mental health. In their down time Zac is a cat dad (if you ask about his cat be prepared for photo spam), video gamer, and Lego enthusiast.

Alex is the practice manager for queer owned and operated South & Cross Psychology, and also runs the micro-publishing label Buon-Cattivi Press. They're an author and editor who has previously worked as a professional and creative writing tutor at the University of South Australia and as a journalist for LGBTIQA+ street presses, such as blaze magazine. They continue to write creatively and as a performing arts reviewer with Glam Adelaide. Alex is proudly country-raised, queer, ASD, and NB, who moved to the city to take up studies and has since fully nested in the suburbs with their husband, children, and hoard of pets.

Rod joined the Parkestone Foundation board as a Trustee in 2025.

He currently works in marketing and communications and brings with him a broad wealth of knowledge and experience across the care, disability, migration, education and arts sectors.

He is a tour guide for the Adelaide Park Lands Association and was a founding member and coordinator of two long-running social groups for gay men, one of which was a previous recipient of a Parkestone Foundation grant.

Rod is the former entertainment editor for Glam Adelaide and a past editor of Encore magazine for the Theatre Association of South Australia. In 2014, he was a state finalist for the Australian of the Year Local Hero award for his long-time commitment supporting refugees and asylum seekers.